W: There were so many of us on the ship. I was small potatoes, and she was Babel's chairman. It was probably a joke, some silly complaint or nagging—
W: Нас на корабле было много. Я была мелкой сошкой, а она — председателем Бабеля. Наверное, это была шутка, какая-то глупая жалоба или ворчание...